Targeting Biofilms in Translational Research, Device Development, and Industrial Sectors
This book offers a much-needed discussion on the targeting of biofilm-related infections. Chapters include discussions on the impact of biofilm on medical implants, industrial applications, as well as wound and tissue infections. It also offers discussion
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Targeting Biofilms in Translational Research, Device Development, and Industrial Sectors
Targeting Biofilms in Translational Research, Device Development, and Industrial Sectors
Dustin L. Williams Editor
Targeting Biofilms in Translational Research, Device Development, and Industrial Sectors
Editor Dustin L. Williams Department of Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City, UT, USA Department of Orthopaedics University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT, USA Department of Pathology University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT, USA Department of Bioengineering University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT, USA Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Bethesda, MD, USA
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To those who suffer from infection, biofilm- related, or otherwise. Don’t lose hope. Solutions are on the horizon as thousands of researchers and clinicians work to resolve infectious problems. Healing will one day transcend pain. And to my wife, who has never let me quit. She’s consistently been there with her hands on my back, when my shoulders have needed squaring and I’ve had to face the wind.
Foreword
For decades, bacterial and polymicrobial biofilms have been recognized as unique microbial communities, distinct from their planktonic or single sessile microbe relatives. Biofilm phenotypes, behaviors, properties, and persistence survival strategies are now known to be responsible for diverse scientific, medical, and technological problems. Despite substantial published scientific evidence elucidating thei
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